Re: Org-mode exporters licensing

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2015-07-27, at 20:30, Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> wrote:

> On 27/07/15 20:20, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>> 
>> On 2015-07-27, at 20:02, Daniele Nicolodi <daniele@grinta.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 27/07/15 19:42, Marcin Borkowski wrote:
>>>> That I've already learned.  OTOH, one of the reasons to use PD might be
>>>> that I explicitly state that I object the legal system I live in.  (Mind
>>>> you: I'm not an anarchist, and I'm very far from that.  But this system
>>>> is almost unbearable.)
>>>
>>> This statement confirms that you do not really understand what you are
>>> talking about: as you cannot renounce your copy rights, you cannot place
>>> something in the public domain. If you do not release your work with an
>>> explicit license, the default copyright protection law applies and this
>>> means (in all jurisdictions I know about) that you reserve all rights to
>>> yourself: none can use your code, and probably not even look at it.
>> 
>> I do understand (at least I think so).  And I do understand that my
>> declaration of putting something in PD would be technically void.
>> I just don't care about it, if the declaration of intent is clear.
>
> If you do not care about the terms in which who receives your work is
> able to use it, why all the discussion?
>
> I thought that you were arguing that a less strict license than the GPL
> is better for the content of a possible tutorial and you were inquiring
> if you could release your code derived or inspired from GPL code with
> another license. Now you say that you do not care, or better you say
> that you do not want to give any rights to who receives your code.
>
> I think you are confused.

I was unclear again, sorry.

1. As for my planned tutorial: I am reconciled with the idea that it
might have to be GPL'd.  Though I still maintain that GPL is not an
optimal license for such work.

2. As for other code I might write and publish: I'm tempted to use the
Unlicense (which is basically more or less putting it into the PD), even
though it might (technically) be void.

> Cheers,
> Daniele

Best,

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Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University